Albert Arenas secured his best result of the season so far in Barcelona after being third. The spaniard was naturally super pleased with such result and revelead the best was the feeling he had on the podium step.

Here is the rider’s review of his day, on his team official website:

– I could say many things about this GP, but the best was the happiness I felt on the podium. I enjoyed riding on a difficult weekend where there were many distractions, but I was able to handle them and be at my best. We achieved a good balance with the team and the bike, and I have been able to communicate to the team what I really need in order to ride well. I am very grateful to all the people who always support me and I am looking forward to the next Grand Prix. Misano is a circuit that I like and where we can do well.

Results (Race)
1. Jake Dixon (Kalex) 36:51.330
2. Aron Canet (Kalex) +0.205
3. Albert Arenas (Red Bull KTM Ajo) +1.027

O conteúdo Albert Arenas secured first podium of the season: ‘The happiness I felt was the best’ aparece primeiro em Motorcycle Sports.

Jake Dixon is back to winning ways in Moto2. This Sunday, the British rider came out on top in an exciting battle until the end of the Catalan GP race, where Albert Arenas made his podium debut.

At the start, Dixon (GasGas Aspar/Kalex) capitalized on the pole position to stay in the lead, while Manuel González (Correos Prepago Yamaha VR46 Master Camp/Kalex) moved up to second, swapping positions with Ai Ogura (Idemitsu Honda Team Asia/Kalex).

The Japanese rider would lose positions to Arón Canet (Pons Wegow Los40/Kalex) and Alonso López (Beta Tools SpeedUp/Boscoscuro) in the early laps. At the front, Dixon kept his lead, although he couldn’t shake off the pressure from González. The Spanish rider managed to take the lead on the fifth lap, with Dixon also losing a position to Canet. Meanwhile, Pedro Acosta (Red Bull KTM Ajo/Kalex) moved up to fourth.

The positions stabilized in the following laps, but the gaps were close. Changes occurred with 12 laps to go, with Canet overtaking González, and Acosta moving ahead of Dixon to reach the podium positions. At this stage, Acosta seemed to be in control, and one lap later, he overtook González. Further back, his main championship rival, Tony Arbolino (Elf Marc VDS/Kalex), was struggling and was outside of the points-scoring positions.

On the 13th lap, Dixon returned to the podium positions by overtaking González. Acosta took the lead with seven laps to go, and shortly after, Canet lost the second position to Dixon for a brief moment. These three riders formed a tight group at the front, with Arenas (Red Bull KTM Ajo/Kalex) not far behind.

With five laps to go, Acosta’s performance declined, and he quickly dropped to fifth. Canet returned to the lead but was immediately overtaken by Dixon. Arenas moved up to third, hinting at his first podium in Moto2.

The race was lively and uncertain, with the top five riders fitting within less than a second. Canet and Dixon took turns leading. Three laps from the end, at turn one, the battle between Acosta and López slowed them both down, with the second Spanish rider forcing the championship leader off the track. Two laps from the finish, Sergio García (Pons Wegow Los40/Kalex) completed his recovery by overtaking González to take fourth place.

The battle for victory extended to the final corners, with Dixon coming out on top to return to the winning ways. Canet finished second, 0.205s behind. Arenas completed the podium, followed by García and González. Acosta finished sixth but still gained many points on Arbolino, who was only 17th and did not score any points.

O conteúdo Jake Dixon won in a thrilling Moto2 Catalan GP aparece primeiro em Motorcycle Sports.

Jake Dixon will not forget this sunday, for sure, has he just secured his first pole position of the season so far, at Catalunya. The rider thanked and praised his team for the work done, and revelead what was key to take such a jump in his performance.

Here is the british rider analysis to the qualification: ‘Regardless to what they have done [the opponents], I’ve done a fantastic job in qualifying. We struggled yesterday a lot in FP2, I didn’t understand why we didn’t quite had the grip but later I found out that it wasn’t just a good tyre. We put a new tyre in the morning and it solved all the problems’.

And added: ‘The team has always been keeping me calm in these situations because I’m super angry. Massive credit to the Aspar, GASGAS, it’s a fantastic and I can’t wait for tomorrow’.

O conteúdo Jake Dixon revelead ‘secret’ to take the pole: ‘The new tyre solved all problems; I was very angry before that’ aparece primeiro em Motorcycle Sports.

Jake Dixon secured moments ago his first pole position of the season. The british was the fastest out of the pack and made his best qualifiyng so far, at Barcelona.

With the time of 1:44.089s de GASGAS Aspar Team rider was 0.095s faster than Aron Canet (Pons Wegow Los40), while Ai Ogura (IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia) was third and took the last place of the first row for tomorrow’s race.

Manuel Gonzalez (Correos Prepago Yamaha VR46 Team) was fourth, while Albert Arenas (Red Bull KTM Ajo) closed to top five.

Note to Pedro Acosta (Red Bull KTM Ajo).

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O conteúdo Jake Dixon secured first pole position of the season at Barcelona aparece primeiro em Motorcycle Sports.

Somkiat Chantra led the first qualifying for the Moto2 Catalan GP, thus securing a spot in the battle for pole position, alongside Sergio García, Filip Salac, and Barry Baltus.

After most of the riders had posted their first lap times, García (Pons Wegow Los40/Kalex) was in the lead. Salac (QJMotor Gresini/Kalex), Baltus (Fieten Olie Racing GP/Kalex), and Bo Bendsneyder (Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team/Kalex) were also in qualifying positions.

Bendsneyder moved up to second place, while Salac dropped to fourth after being overtaken also by Senna Agius (Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP/Kalex) on the second flying laps. Chantra (Idemitsu Honda Team Asia/Kalex) took the lead with about six minutes remaining, pushing Salac out of the qualifying zone.

With several riders returning to the pits, the timesheet remained stable for a few minutes. In the final laps, Chantra and García held onto the top two positions, while Salac and Baltus overtook Bendsneyder to secure their spots. The Dutch rider missed out on Q2 by just 0.003s.

O conteúdo Somkiat Chantra leads the quartet Advancing to Moto2 Q2 at the Catalan GP aparece primeiro em Motorcycle Sports.

Jake Dixon was the fastest rider in the practice sessions for the Moto2 Catalan GP. All riders improved their lap times this morning in the third session in Barcelona.

Throughout the practice, there were constant leader changes, with a total of eight riders taking the top spot at some point. Pedro Acosta (Red Bull KTM Ajo/Kalex) spent the most time in the first position, leading for more than 13 consecutive minutes.

With less than two minutes remaining on the clock, Dixon (Aasterius GasGas Aspar/Kalex) set the fastest time of all: 1m43.983s. This dethroned Arón Canet (Pons Wegow Los40/Kalex) from the lead he held at that moment, being 0.390s faster. Ai Ogura (Idemitsu Honda Team Asia/Kalex) finished third.

The big surprise was the fourth place of Marcos Ramírez (Onlyfans American Racing/Kalex), who even led the session at one point. Albert Arenas (Red Bull KTM Ajo/Kalex) completed the top five. The last rider to secure direct access to the second qualifying was Zonta van den Goorbergh (Fieten Olie Racing GP/Kalex) in 14th place, with a 0.029s gap over Filip Salac (QJMotor Gresini/Kalex).

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O conteúdo Jake Dixon set the pace in Moto2 practices in Barcelona aparece primeiro em Motorcycle Sports.

Ai Ogura ended the opening day of the Moto2 Catalunya GP with the fastest lap. Not all riders improved from the first to the second practice sessions, contrary to what usually happens.

Riding an Kalex for Idemitsu Honda Team Asia, Ogura was consistently one of the fastest throughout P1, eventually setting the fastest lap time towards the end: 1m44.804s. With that, he beat Pedro Acosta (Red Bull KTM Ajo/Kalex) by just two thousandths of a second. Alonso López (Beta Tools SpeedUp/Boscoscuro) was third, ahead of Arón Canet (Pons Wegow Los40/Kalex).

The top four from the first practice session correspond to the top four in the combined standings since none of these riders improved their lap times, and no one else overtook them. Manuel González (Correos Prepago Yamaha VR46 MasterCamp/Kalex) finished fifth overall, thanks to his best time in P2, where he was 0.019s faster than López.

Tony Arbolino (Elf Marc VDS/Kalex), the second in the championship, only managed 11th fastest overall on the day. The Italian was one of several riders who didn’t improve from the first to the second practice session on this Friday.

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O conteúdo Ai Ogura was the fastest in the Moto2 Catalunya GP Friday practices aparece primeiro em Motorcycle Sports.